Open letter from IFP

Perez named FAPAE topper

Fox's baseball, NBC top Tuesday

Robert Canton

'Ambulance' wins Talent Forum

Kirch exex in lurch

EU: Change state funding

Da Silva lands on feet after Cannes

Videovision inks for toon 'Legend'

Lion has Wild Side

Panahi hails Ebadi

Film org adopts TV

Rotterdam film fest focus on Ruiz

Ludacris disc 'Beer' barrels to top spot

Rialto buys quartet of classic Gallic pix

'Whoopi'-ing it up

Shine's fine as Fox News VP

High def nests on Rainbow bird

Gibson pic retitled to resolve conflict

AAC fund takes $174 mil

P2P sites vow to combat child porn

Henry Herbert

Stringer acknowledges belt tightening

Clarification

MusiCares will sing Sting's praises

Inside Move: Messier passes hat

Stone feels good after 'Practice'

Netflix clicks in big 3Q

Arias, Tenney enlist at 'The Division'

Blair pic project set for Showtime

GOP hopefuls line up to fight Boxer

PSV to monitor Web sites

Viv U unloads Emusic

Warner, BMG to use phone technology

Pizazz for 'Jazz' tribute

WB Pix ups Nelson to exec VP

Fox TV taps Pierce sr. veep

Angus Neal Williams O'Connor

Searchlight shines bright on Deighton as prod'n VP

Logan Thomas Rice

Power to produce spots for Premiere Radio

Revolution catches foul ball

Celebs kid around

Biltmore lights up

Revelers tune in 'Radio'

Spirit of Liberty fills BevHilton

Resfest reels in Gondry

Universal Music to trim staff by 800

'Skin' heats up bash

Sony retools kiddie lab

Evans fetes his 'Notorious'-ness

K2 pulls trigger on 'Smoking Gun'

Moving Image moves to hail Gere

Matthew Bourne, Robert Longbottom, Jeremy Sams

Simon Baker

Cyrus Nowrasteh

Newton, Smothers Bros. draw Vegas fest kudos

'Expendables' Nispel's next plunge

ABC's 'Simple' plan: Add TV fave and stir

New Line's 'Gotta Do' pic

Can Brit wit fit?

Next 'Shorty' Rock-solid

Web wonk to try producing at Revolution

Vets champ at 'Bit' for U

NBC locks up 'Law' man

'Twentieth' gilds Lily

Priorities shuffled

Cubs go out ratings winner

Saban to seek closer ties with H'wood

Mojto draws Biasini to debut

Teutonic test time

Single-screen exhibs strike over taxes

Go gets going with 'Floating'

Int'l toon ties forged

English 'Bob' to Showtime

Slater slated for 'Pursued'

Calhoun, too, in 'Taboo'

Busy thesp takes 'Flight'

Cubs' owner Tribune faces losses

Shareholders berserk over Messier's perks

Mouse, Pixar stuck

VOD service much in demand in Philly

Fox fields high hop

Yari elevates Sacker to COO

Fox puts Moneo on Euro co-prod'ns

Nets share ferry images

Clark gains on Dean in fund-raising race

Studios talk truce on screeners

Bodie tops ICM talent

Pleshette follows 'Rules'

'Scrubs' czar cleaning up

Nets betting on fall skeins

'Love' back in NBA ads

MGM dives under the 'Covers'

Inside Move: Haggling stalls 'Geisha' again

SAG, ad biz agree on plan to check pay

Court hears appeal of media regs

Prod'n techmeister upped to U exec VP

FCC seeking more merger data

Neve O'Brien

Hathaway, Phillips to wreak 'Havoc'

Schneider shops for suitors for 'Gigolo' sequel

'Seabiscuit' into stretch

Searchlight finds its 'Company'

A journo's tale for Warner

U steps into the 'Void'

William Morris' Kannof exits

UPN sews fashion skein

Rocco DiSpirito

Rocky Carroll

Weekend Box Office Preview
October 17, 2003

TV-on-DVD successes

Talking with Lieberfarb

Studio bashes call for stashes of cash

Disney's disposables tempt lapsed renters

A business that actually thrives in dot-com land

Extra extra! Where's all the tube love?

Bonus onus on DVD detectives

DVD explosion a slow burn in West Europe

Studios think inside the fancy box

DVDs may have a different package ...

Title wave straight ahead

Holiday grab bag

Cerezo takes slice of Manga Films

Fox's baseball routs competish

Victoria Horne Oakie

Bernard Schwartz

Eve Newman

Let the Oscar games begin

Year-end wide releases have longer legs

Falling off the brand wagon

For for the love of the game, please shut up

Eye's 'Early Show' gets up and at 'em

Syndie warms up to 'Ellen,' but she's no 'Dr.Paul'

Animal Planet on the hunt for ratings

Spellbound by WB's witches

Crunch time for Channel 10

AMG shutters cash-strapped TV Africa

Pubcaster axes new chief backed by PM

ABC family needs counseling

Yanks have kudos in the Cannes

MIP bubbling under

Paying lip service

Pay TV climbing out of crisis

Inside Move: Cairo crisis for 'Barrier'

Inside Move: Nets jumping the gun

Haifa honors Costa Gavras

'Hero' hearty in local kudos noms

Inside Move: ICM's runway prod'n

'Matrix' profits trickle in

Inside Move: Pitfalls along the 'Road'

Temple gets hip to film crews

Inside Move: Copycat talker killers

Flanders fetes Jarre, Goldenthal

Inside Move: Second lap for drive-ins

Gov't seeks to fix prices for music, pix

Traumatized by Gov. Arnold

Horror scares up auds in U.K., Spain

Inside Move: BSkyB's James gang

Teuton author follows 'Potter' path to films

Inside Move: Arnold's admiration

Toon success spurs local animation

Inside Move: '04 vote gets out the tomes

Fest pushes local limits

Stars to shine in Sydney

Chinese use tech to skirt royalties

And Weidman, too

Biz up; 'Hairspray' 934g

B.O. up; 'Gypsy' 681g

Primo legit pair hail 'Mary'

'Tiger' hops at frog preem

An embarrassment of riches

Cut to the preem

Curious QRIO

Silver splatter

More suds for Fox's 'OC'

CanWest taps interim chair

Rogers losses narrow with rev gains

Takeover speculation boosts Imax

RIAA unveils 2nd wave of swap suits

3rd quarter lineup

Borrowing another '24' hours

Crix nix kudos to pan screener ban

Taking a 'Knight' flight

AFI selects Streep for lifetime award

Think saddles 'Camel'

Miramax aboard 'Singing' in U.S.

Touchstone TV ups 5 to VP

Leno opens fall strong

10 make cut for Nicholl Fellowships

UTA partner joins board of directors

Fox gamesmanship

Wilson goes to 'School'

NPR: Gross too tough on O'Reilly

Yahoo! fires up 'Shootout'

Odd Lot finds 'Hooligans'

Vid sales help Gallic prod'n funding

Svensk sales boost Bonnier Ent.

Denmark, Norway top Cinekid kudos

Planeta, RTL set to up Antena 3 stakes

Showbiz workers crash 'Academy'

Televisa admits gamer suit defeat

Singh signs 'Maqbool' distrib deal

Inside Move: CBS makes Smart move

Inside Move: Ex-guv's wife, Maria chums

Boffo bows abroad for 'Bad Boys,' 'Bill'

Helmer Schlesinger eulogized

Jackman is a B'way wizard in 'Oz'

East Euros face kidvid competish

Gov't to make spot Czech of film biz

Latam feevee confab set

Argentina whacks tax

SAG to pay for joint offices

Expo provides scribes guidance

H'w'd political power play

Outage hits Kodak Theater

Morgan Creek taps dev't VP

Duvall, Ferrell set for coach clash at U

Janssen to 'Seek' Fox pic

Fleiss eyes killing in TV, pix

NBC shifts sked, benches 'Coupling'

DVD captures more

BVI goes over the top o'seas

Perez says Checkmate

Fox TV high on neophyte

Pitching to the majors

Johansson's youth, experience defy labels

Gala gives crafts, town their due

Bloom eyes more than b.o. gold

Movie of the Year honors

Achievement kudos

Viasat feevee bows in E. Europe

Baseball very good to Fox

Faith Fancher

ITV defenses down

Mexico steps up anti-piracy campaign

Diskeries sync old, new

Big ratings no illusion

Kirch probe widens to tax fraud

Sogecable to pilot 'Flying Saucers'

'In America' wins Flanders festival

Confab eyes East Euro challenges

Endemol, Southern Star renew pact

A ratings slugger for Fox

Kinepolis licks tix wounds

Euro Disney problems not Mickey Mouse

WBTV Distrib'n sold on Cacciola

B'way sees small B.O. upswing

Lommel, Afghan pix set for Hofer

Spike taps vet to lead new unit

Iranian 'Afternoon' Golden at fest

'Wedding,' 'Wind' Haifa winners

MTV draws 'Matrix,' 'Potter' pix

'Alzheimer' pic perf's memorable

Morgan set to slash work force

B'casters to intro digital TV tech

Stockholm to pin nod on Lynch

Pix peer pressure?

B.O. verdict: 'Jury' lags 'Kill Bill'

Williamstown fest sets 'Agent' as opener

Nielsen EDI shuffles exex

Eye spec has Doubleday smarting

Showtime orders second 'BS' season

No sale on Woody tale

Doctorow plays along with THQ

Daly hopes to give back to community

Mixed B.O. tricks o'seas

Sagansky sees UFOs in his future

De Niro has cancer; full recovery expected

Bullets for UPN 'Mullets'

Telefilm says coin has boosted B.O.

'Sex' sells to S.F. indie KRON

Artisan finds 'David'

Angelus winners chosen

'Clearing' housed at U

Palestinian pic among Oscar entries

UA's positive over 'Yes Men'

U gives Langley exec VP stripes

Fox cues up TV discs

Rossmann works with Sweetens

All over 'The Boy'

Kudo hope locked in 'Glass'

Penn weighs 'Grams' closing role

Bow makes the 'Cut'

'Chainsaw's' Bay inks with WMA

Burnett moving beyond reality shows

Scribe channeling NBC

ABC survival drama

Inside Move: Back-to-back 'Pirates' pix?

Worlds to collide in 'Surreal 2'

It's a 'Mad Mad World' anni

Acad screeners OK but most are KO'd

Indie wedding vows

Digital downloads more subs

Fox skeins slow out of the box

Redbus books '9th Passenger'

MTV joins Mandela vs. AIDS

CTV hitches 'Newlyweds'

IAC rescues 'Runners'

Aud says BBC trails rivals in impartiality

WB gets French coin

UGC Europe spurns Liberty Media

Auds, awards in love with 'Love'

Arias sing ailing Goodrem's praises

Arthouse distrib Cowboy shutters

Capitol caucus tackles piracy

Dyers tapped WB Online VP

Premiere reports shrinking losses

Blockbuster net income up as revs slide

Annoying but potent

Disney wins in cable; edges out Nick

Swinging for fences

ITV topper Green ankles

Kudos rain in Windy City

R&B singer's destiny is B'way's 'Aida'

'Fear Factor' flexes as frosh fall flat

WB Indie Cherry-picks

Bullock can't 'Miss' deal at Warners

Out-of-loop groups fume over screener solution

Fox News preps Snow job

'Little Rascals' rules at Danish B.O.

Tax cut ends Mumbai exhib strike

'Company' coming to DVD

Canuck 'Hour' rings up five Geminis

John in praise of Caesars

Gibson takes 'Passion' play to Newmarket

Invasion of 'pod' people stifles creativity

MSNBC, Brokaw host prez debate

Fresh voices?

Corrections

Railing against the roaring '90s

Frankfurt gets bad reviews

James 'Woody' Woodworth

Cumming to host BAFTA LA's kudos

'Knock' locks 25 more eps

Gene Casey

BMI revs up 9.7% in '03

Fox stacks facts arm

Bosch exits as HBO Films' U.K. co-chief

Celebs to ante up for Travel Channel

Menemsha takes docu 'Prisoner'

Revolution 'Dates' scribe duo

Goldblum in Peacock nest

Butterfield doubles up on 'Trading'

Playtone marches into 'Sunlight'

Bionic buddies for Dimension

ABC nabs suds noir

'Virgin' makes its own miracle

Road to maturity had bumps, twists

Fest's rising stars

Hamptons' silk purse

Coming-of-age story for Hamptons

Sarde, Thompson orchestrate Pathe pic

UMVD boosts O'Malley

Clark raises 'Luann' rights

Indie soundtracks

Tres bien, Gotham

Radio's Hendrie spins Fox toon

20th licenses pair of veeps

I Love Your Work

Michael Feinstein and Jimmy Webb

Supernova (Experiment #1)

Nicholas Payton's Sonic Trance

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

Golda's Balcony

The Road Taken

Wilder Days

Skin

Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson

Turn Left Turn Right

Natural City

Sinatra -- His Voice, His World, His Way

The Boy